Emergency RN

Emergency RN

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  1. Mistakes Common in U.S. Hospitals

    Emergency RN replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Many hospital errors are due to issues with staffing, failing equipment, mismanagement, or antiquated systems. What compounds these problems is that there is also an longstanding culture that thinks...

  2. Do you use your pda/smartphone at work?

    Emergency RN replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    I was like... HUH? Why feel weird? Frankly, in this day and age, IMHO it is considered almost de rigueur to have a pocket device with answers at your fingertips at the bedside. Sure, the device can...

  3. Tufts nurses vote 70% to authorize strike

    Emergency RN replied to Chin up's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Excuse me, but even us brothers are proud of the sisterhood; I get the sentiment so no offense

  4. Tufts nurses vote 70% to authorize strike

    Emergency RN replied to Chin up's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    no, i would not cross a picket and here's why: knowing nothing at all about tuft's nor the union involved, nor anything even about boston, my sentiment is thus based solely on what i understand about...

  5. Why no air bubbles in IV lines for cardiac patients?

    Emergency RN replied to socalRN3's topic in General Nursing

    Air emboli injected into a large pool of mixing churning blood (such as that going from the Vena Cava into the Right Atrium or Right Ventricle) is not a big deal. The air bubble is usually diluted by...

  6. Nursing insturctor terrifying students

    Emergency RN replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO, instead of writing this here, I would suggest that by informing or complaining to the program that employs her, it would be a lot more productive. As the parent of a high school student, you...

  7. How is it possible to lose license in one state and be able to practice in another?

    Emergency RN replied to 40334lvn's topic in General Nursing

    No offense, but what doesn't "seem right" is the fact that you've taken it upon yourself to investigate a colleague when your state BON has probably already decided that whatever it was that she did,...

  8. Nursing Priority vs First nursing action

    Emergency RN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    "there is a difference between priority and what to do first..." (your understanding) "there is no difference between priority and what to do first..." (what everyone else assumes) so the question...

  9. Medical assistants

    Emergency RN replied to JenMarie21's topic in General Nursing

    Respect is very much a two way street. Obviously, she has very little for you as a nurse OR as a person. So... Tell her that if she does that again, you'll call her boss (where she got the samples,...

  10. Nursing Priority vs First nursing action

    Emergency RN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    to the op, no offense, but whether you want to use it as a noun or an adjective, oxygen here, would beat out lasix in every one of those commonly accepted word definitions. given your sentiment by the...

  11. Are advertising scrubs next?

    Emergency RN replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    complete with before and after pictures,

  12. Other nurses signing my initials

    Emergency RN replied to stelarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Or like they say in nursing, No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished. The other nurse should have immediately flagged the missing MAR slots for administrative attention. In fact, I hope the OP prints out...

  13. Supervisors FB Friends with Staff?

    Emergency RN replied to MsBruiser's topic in General Nursing

    Many people don't realize it, but FB is getting to be a setting that needs to be as squeaky clean and polished as a resume. It may be considered "social" media to many who wish re remain dumb, but it...

  14. Other nurses signing my initials

    Emergency RN replied to stelarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    this was the most important part of the whole post: ...but i work in a place where management isn't on my side. so this is what i suspect would happen: management would fire the person who...

  15. What does TBU (transitional bed unit) mean?

    Emergency RN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    We call those either Step Down or Progressive Care Units. Personally, IMHO, the plethora of names is just too confusing. Like how Trauma care is nomenclatured (Trauma 1, 2, or 3) the hospital industry...

  16. Director of nursing proposal to hired new grads and dont overwork current RN staff

    Emergency RN replied to topacio's topic in General Nursing

    I would make For Profit Health Care illegal. Only when money is stopped from flowing into selective pockets, will the money then flow where it should. The nursing job market would eventually become a...

  17. No job after refresher

    Emergency RN replied to caringkay RN's topic in General Nursing

    You may want to try a head hunter (employment agent or agency). Sometimes having someone else help you look for a job may open up many doors that you haven't yet thought of. Generally the fees are...

  18. What HAVE you said to patients???

    Emergency RN replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

    the most memorable thing that i'd ever said was not to a patient, but to a visitor, who demanded to be let into a busy emergency department to see someone (who at that point in time wasn't allowed...

  19. Gtcc fall 2012 what would you do?!! Help!!!!!

    Emergency RN replied to readytonurse01's topic in General Nursing

    No offense, but just a bit of advice... Every school has their own course listings and nomenclature system. If you're going to toss around course numbers that only students in your particular school...

  20. Best Nursing Salary with the Lowest Cost of Living

    Emergency RN replied to itsme583's topic in General Nursing

    I'm looking at the Houston area for a move in about one to two years. Planning to plunk down half on a 4 BR and let my previous employer's early pension pay off the mortgage in ten years. Everything...

  21. what is cabg x3?

    Emergency RN replied to onlyj's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Coronary Artery Bypass Graft of 3 vessels (ie Triple Bypass) Typically, the surgeon decides which blocked coronary arteries need to be bypassed. He may elect to do any number (the highest I've seen...

  22. We have to COUNT drugs like lisinopril and Claritin

    Emergency RN replied to glutton4punishment's topic in General Nursing

    Heck, we had to count Colace in our's,

  23. Strike nursing

    Emergency RN replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I find it stunningly ironic, that a nurse who makes a living undermining the livelihood efforts of other nurses, is here asking for advice in how to obtain more of such employment. If you want to be a...

  24. Different Color Pillows to Prevent Infection

    Emergency RN replied to Luna Nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, yeah but all that goes out the window as soon as a patient scratches his behind, picks his toes, and then picks his nose. Seriously, we can consider putting the patient into a vacuum bag too,...

  25. Using BSN when you have not earned it

    Emergency RN replied to sportsmom84's topic in General Nursing

    It is considered a violation by just about all Boards of Nursing, as it is profession misconduct to knowingly misrepresent oneself, or of one's credentials. It doesn't matter if one is in the process...